Matthew John Tyska, Ph.D.

Professor

matthew.tyska@vanderbilt.edu

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Faculty Appointments
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Education
Ph.D., Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VermontM.S., Exercise Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WyomingB.S., Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
Office Address
3154 MRB III
465 21st Ave South
Nashville, TN 8240
Research Description
Research in our laboratory is focused on the actin cytoskeleton and its role in controlling cell shape. The context for our studies is the brush border: an array of actin-based protrusions known as microvilli, which extend from the surface of polarized transporting epithelial cells. In the intestinal epithelium, the brush border serves as the sole site of nutrient absorption and a barrier to micro-organisms that reside in the lumenal space. Using an approach that combines biophysics, biochemistry, and cell biology, we are currently studying mechanisms that control microvillar assembly, dynamics, morphology, and function. A broad long-term goal is to develop our understanding of molecules and pathways that may be perturbed in intestinal diseases characterized by loss of the brush border (e.g. enteropathogenic E. coli infection, celiac disease, and microvillus inclusion disease).
Research Keywords
Cell biology, epithelial biology, cell structure, cell morphology, actin, cytoskeleton, motor proteins, cell polarity, super-resolution microscopy, electron microscopy, mechanobiology.
Publications
Gaeta IM, Tyska MJ. BioID2 screening identifies KIAA1671 as an EPS8 proximal factor that marks sites of microvillus growth. Mol Biol Cell [print-electronic]. 2023 Apr 4/1/2023; 34(4): ar31. PMID: 36790915, PMCID: PMC10092648, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E22-11-0498, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Morales EA, Gaeta I, Tyska MJ. Building the brush border, one microvillus at a time. Curr Opin Cell Biol [print-electronic]. 2023 Feb; 80: 102153. PMID: 36827850, PMCID: PMC10033394, PII: S0955-0674(23)00002-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2023.102153, ISSN: 1879-0410.

Fitz GN, Weck ML, Bodnya C, Perkins OL, Tyska MJ. Protrusion growth driven by myosin-generated force. Dev Cell. 2023 Jan 1/9/2023; 58(1): 18-33.e6-33.e6. PMID: 36626869, PMCID: PMC9940483, PII: S1534-5807(22)00845-0, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.12.001, ISSN: 1878-1551.

Pollock GL, Grishin AM, Giogha C, Gan J, Oates CV, McMillan PJ, Gaeta I, Tyska MJ, Pearson JS, Scott NE, Cygler M, Hartland EL. Targeting of microvillus protein Eps8 by the NleH effector kinases from enteropathogenic E. coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [print-electronic]. 2022 Aug 8/23/2022; 119(34): e2204332119. PMID: 35976880, PMCID: PMC9407544, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204332119, ISSN: 1091-6490.

Morales EA, Arnaiz C, Krystofiak ES, Zanic M, Tyska MJ. Mitotic Spindle Positioning (MISP) is an actin bundler that selectively stabilizes the rootlets of epithelial microvilli. Cell Rep. 2022 Apr 4/19/2022; 39(3): 110692. PMID: 35443169, PMCID: PMC9097542, PII: S2211-1247(22)00450-8, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110692, ISSN: 2211-1247.

Borza CM, Bolas G, Zhang X, Browning Monroe MB, Zhang MZ, Meiler J, Skwark MJ, Harris RC, Lapierre LA, Goldenring JR, Hook M, Rivera J, Brown KL, Leitinger B, Tyska MJ, Moser M, Böttcher RT, Zent R, Pozzi A. The Collagen Receptor Discoidin Domain Receptor 1b Enhances Integrin ß1-Mediated Cell Migration by Interacting With Talin and Promoting Rac1 Activation. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022; 10: 836797. PMID: 35309920, PMCID: PMC8928223, PII: 836797, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.836797, ISSN: 2296-634X.

Gaeta IM, Meenderink LM, Tyska MJ. A protocol for imaging microvilli biogenesis on the surface of cultured porcine kidney epithelial cell monolayers. STAR Protoc. 2021 Dec 12/17/2021; 2(4): 100998. PMID: 34950883, PMCID: PMC8672049, PII: S2666-1667(21)00704-8, DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100998, ISSN: 2666-1667.

Gray ME, Johnson ZR, Modak D, Tamilselvan E, Tyska MJ, Sotomayor M. Heterophilic and homophilic cadherin interactions in intestinal intermicrovillar links are species dependent. PLoS Biol. 2021 Dec; 19(12): e3001463. PMID: 34871294, PMCID: PMC8691648, PII: PBIOLOGY-D-20-02716, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001463, ISSN: 1545-7885.

Zhao M, Jha A, Liu Q, Millis BA, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Lu L, Landman BA, Tyska MJ, Huo Y. Faster Mean-shift: GPU-accelerated clustering for cosine embedding-based cell segmentation and tracking. Med Image Anal [print-electronic]. 2021 Jul; 71: 102048. PMID: 33872961, PMCID: PMC10237323, PII: S1361-8415(21)00094-3, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2021.102048, ISSN: 1361-8423.

Liu Q, Gaeta IM, Zhao M, Deng R, Jha A, Millis BA, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Tyska MJ, Huo Y. ASIST: Annotation-free synthetic instance segmentation and tracking by adversarial simulations. Comput Biol Med [print-electronic]. 2021 Jul; 134: 104501. PMID: 34107436, PMCID: PMC8263511, PII: S0010-4825(21)00295-X, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104501, ISSN: 1879-0534.

Gaeta IM, Meenderink LM, Postema MM, Cencer CS, Tyska MJ. Direct visualization of epithelial microvilli biogenesis. Curr Biol [print-electronic]. 2021 Jun 6/21/2021; 31(12): 2561-2575.e6-2575.e6. PMID: 33951456, PMCID: PMC8222192, PII: S0960-9822(21)00525-X, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.012, ISSN: 1879-0445.

Wanjalla CN, Mashayekhi M, Bailin S, Gabriel CL, Meenderink LM, Temu T, Fuller DT, Guo L, Kawai K, Virmani R, Jenkins C, Abana CO, Warren CM, Gangula R, Smith R, Madhur MS, Finn AV, Gelbard AH, Su YR, Tyska MJ, Kalams SA, Harrison DG, Mallal SA, Absi TS, Beckman JA, Koethe JR. Anticytomegalovirus CD4+ T Cells Are Associated With Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Persons With HIV. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol [print-electronic]. 2021 Apr; 41(4): 1459-73. PMID: 33567869, PMCID: PMC8025567, DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315786, ISSN: 1524-4636.

Chinowsky CR, Pinette JA, Meenderink LM, Lau KS, Tyska MJ. Nonmuscle myosin-2 contractility-dependent actin turnover limits the length of epithelial microvilli. Mol Biol Cell [print-electronic]. 2020 Dec 12/1/2020; 31(25): 2803-15. PMID: 33026933, PMCID: PMC7851865, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E20-09-0582, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Weck ML, Crawley SW, Tyska MJ. A heterologous in-cell assay for investigating intermicrovillar adhesion complex interactions reveals a novel protrusion length-matching mechanism. J Biol Chem [print-electronic]. 2020 Nov 11/27/2020; 295(48): 16191-206. PMID: 33051206, PMCID: PMC7705319, PII: S0021-9258(17)50442-1, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.015929, ISSN: 1083-351X.

Seervai RNH, Jangid RK, Karki M, Tripathi DN, Jung SY, Kearns SE, Verhey KJ, Cianfrocco MA, Millis BA, Tyska MJ, Mason FM, Rathmell WK, Park IY, Dere R, Walker CL. The Huntingtin-interacting protein SETD2/HYPB is an actin lysine methyltransferase. Sci Adv [electronic-print]. 2020 Oct; 6(40): PMID: 33008892, PMCID: PMC7852384, PII: 6/40/eabb7854, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb7854, ISSN: 2375-2548.

Choi MS, Graves MJ, Matoo S, Storad ZA, El Sheikh Idris RA, Weck ML, Smith ZB, Tyska MJ, Crawley SW. The small EF-hand protein CALML4 functions as a critical myosin light chain within the intermicrovillar adhesion complex. J Biol Chem [print-electronic]. 2020 Jul 7/10/2020; 295(28): 9281-96. PMID: 32209652, PMCID: PMC7363140, PII: S0021-9258(17)48952-6, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.012820, ISSN: 1083-351X.

Engevik AC, Kaji I, Postema MM, Faust JJ, Meyer AR, Williams JA, Fitz GN, Tyska MJ, Wilson JM, Goldenring JR. Loss of myosin Vb promotes apical bulk endocytosis in neonatal enterocytes. J Cell Biol [print-electronic]. 2019 Nov 11/4/2019; 218(11): 3647-62. PMID: 31562230, PMCID: PMC6829668, PII: jcb.201902063, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201902063, ISSN: 1540-8140.

Faust JJ, Millis BA, Tyska MJ. Profilin-Mediated Actin Allocation Regulates the Growth of Epithelial Microvilli. Curr Biol [print-electronic]. 2019 Oct 10/21/2019; 29(20): 3457-3465.e3. PMID: 31607529, PMCID: PMC6894984, PII: S0960-9822(19)31101-7, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.051, ISSN: 1879-0445.

Meenderink LM, Gaeta IM, Postema MM, Cencer CS, Chinowsky CR, Krystofiak ES, Millis BA, Tyska MJ. Actin Dynamics Drive Microvillar Motility and Clustering during Brush Border Assembly. Dev Cell [print-electronic]. 2019 Sep 9/9/2019; 50(5): 545-556.e4. PMID: 31378589, PMCID: PMC6736749, PII: S1534-5807(19)30580-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.07.008, ISSN: 1878-1551.

Postema MM, Grega-Larson NE, Meenderink LM, Tyska MJ. PACSIN2-dependent apical endocytosis regulates the morphology of epithelial microvilli. Mol Biol Cell [print-electronic]. 2019 Sep 9/1/2019; 30(19): 2515-26. PMID: 31390291, PMCID: PMC6743356, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E19-06-0352, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Sundararajan L, Smith CJ, Watson JD, Millis BA, Tyska MJ, Miller DM. Actin assembly and non-muscle myosin activity drive dendrite retraction in an UNC-6/Netrin dependent self-avoidance response. PLoS Genet. 2019 Jun; 15(6): e1008228. PMID: 31220078, PMCID: PMC6605669, PII: PGENETICS-D-19-00707, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008228, ISSN: 1553-7404.

McCulloch KM, Yamakawa I, Shifrin DA, McConnell RE, Foegeding NJ, Singh PK, Mao S, Tyska MJ, Iverson TM. An alternative N-terminal fold of the intestine-specific annexin A13a induces dimerization and regulates membrane-binding. J. Biol. Chem [print-electronic]. 2019 Jan 1/4/2019; PMID: 30610115, PII: RA118.004571, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.004571, ISSN: 1083-351X.

Pinette JA, Mao S, Millis BA, Krystofiak ES, Faust JJ, Tyska MJ. Brush border protocadherin CDHR2 promotes the elongation and maximized packing of microvilli in vivo. Mol. Biol. Cell [print-electronic]. 2019 Jan 1/1/2019; 30(1): 108-18. PMID: 30403560, PMCID: PMC6337912, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E18-09-0558, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Fenix AM, Neininger AC, Taneja N, Hyde K, Visetsouk MR, Garde RJ, Liu B, Nixon BR, Manalo AE, Becker JR, Crawley SW, Bader DM, Tyska MJ, Liu Q, Gutzman JH, Burnette DT. Muscle-specific stress fibers give rise to sarcomeres in cardiomyocytes. Elife. 2018 Dec 12/12/2018; 7: PMID: 30540249, PMCID: PMC6307863, PII: 42144, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.42144, ISSN: 2050-084X.

Postema MM, Grega-Larson NE, Neininger AC, Tyska MJ. IRTKS (BAIAP2L1) Elongates Epithelial Microvilli Using EPS8-Dependent and Independent Mechanisms. Curr. Biol [print-electronic]. 2018 Sep 9/24/2018; 28(18): 2876-2888.e4. PMID: 30197089, PMCID: PMC6156988, PII: S0960-9822(18)30921-7, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.022, ISSN: 1879-0445.

Kim SW, Ehrman J, Ahn MR, Kondo J, Lopez AAM, Oh YS, Kim HX, Crawley SW, Goldenring JR, Tyska MJ, Rericha EC, Lau KS. Shear stress induces non-canonical autophagic flux in intestinal epithelial monolayers. Mol. Biol. Cell [print-electronic]. 2017 Aug 8/30/2017; PMID: 28855375, PII: mbc.E17-01-0021, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-01-0021, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Feng Q, Bonder EM, Engevik AC, Zhang L, Tyska MJ, Goldenring JR, Gao N. Disruption of Rab8a and Rab11a causes formation of basolateral microvilli in neonatal enteropathy. J. Cell. Sci [print-electronic]. 2017 Jun 6/8/2017; PMID: 28596241, PII: jcs.201897, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201897, ISSN: 1477-9137.

McKinley ET, Sui Y, Al-Kofahi Y, Millis BA, Tyska MJ, Roland JT, Santamaria-Pang A, Ohland CL, Jobin C, Franklin JL, Lau KS, Gerdes MJ, Coffey RJ. Optimized multiplex immunofluorescence single-cell analysis reveals tuft cell heterogeneity. JCI Insight [print-electronic]. 2017 Jun 6/2/2017; 2(11): PMID: 28570279, PMCID: PMC5453701, PII: 93487, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.93487, ISSN: 2379-3708.

Tonucci FM, Ferretti A, Almada E, Cribb P, Vena R, Hidalgo F, Favre C, Tyska MJ, Kaverina I, Larocca MC. Microtubules Regulate Brush Border Formation. J. Cell. Physiol [print-electronic]. 2017 May 5/26/2017; PMID: 28548701, DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26033, ISSN: 1097-4652.

Li J, He Y, Weck ML, Lu Q, Tyska MJ, Zhang M. Structure of Myo7b/USH1C complex suggests a general PDZ domain binding mode by MyTH4-FERM myosins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A [print-electronic]. 2017 May 5/9/2017; 114(19): E3776-E3785. PMID: 28439001, PMCID: PMC5441739, PII: 1702251114, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702251114, ISSN: 1091-6490.

Millis BA, Tyska MJ. High-Resolution Image Stitching as a Tool to Assess Tissue-Level Protein Distribution and Localization. Methods Mol. Biol. 2017; 1606: 281-96. PMID: 28502007, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6990-6_18, ISSN: 1940-6029.

Weck ML, Grega-Larson NE, Tyska MJ. MyTH4-FERM myosins in the assembly and maintenance of actin-based protrusions. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol [print-electronic]. 2016 Nov 11/8/2016; PMID: 27836411, PII: S0955-0674(16)30170-3, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2016.10.002, ISSN: 1879-0410.

Sommese RF, Hariadi RF, Kim K, Liu M, Tyska MJ, Sivaramakrishnan S. Patterning protein complexes on DNA nanostructures using a GFP nanobody. Protein Sci [print-electronic]. 2016 Nov; 25(11): 2089-94. PMID: 27538185, PMCID: PMC5079250, DOI: 10.1002/pro.3020, ISSN: 1469-896X.

Weck ML, Crawley SW, Stone CR, Tyska MJ. Myosin-7b Promotes Distal Tip Localization of the Intermicrovillar Adhesion Complex. Curr. Biol [print-electronic]. 2016 Oct 10/24/2016; 26(20): 2717-28. PMID: 27666969, PMCID: PMC5117816, PII: S0960-9822(16)30926-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.014, ISSN: 1879-0445.

Raval MH, Quintero OA, Weck ML, Unrath WC, Gallagher JW, Cui R, Kachar B, Tyska MJ, Yengo CM. Impact of the Motor and Tail Domains of Class III Myosins on Regulating the Formation and Elongation of Actin Protrusions. J. Biol. Chem [print-electronic]. 2016 Oct 10/21/2016; 291(43): 22781-92. PMID: 27582493, PMCID: PMC5077211, PII: M116.733741, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.733741, ISSN: 1083-351X.

Grega-Larson NE, Crawley SW, Tyska MJ. Impact of cordon-bleu expression on actin cytoskeleton architecture and dynamics. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) [print-electronic]. 2016 Jul 7/28/2016; PMID: 27464680, DOI: 10.1002/cm.21317, ISSN: 1949-3592.

Sinha S, Hoshino D, Hong NH, Kirkbride KC, Grega-Larson NE, Seiki M, Tyska MJ, Weaver AM. Cortactin promotes exosome secretion by controlling branched actin dynamics. J. Cell Biol [print-electronic]. 2016 Jul 7/18/2016; 214(2): 197-213. PMID: 27402952, PII: jcb.201601025, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201601025, ISSN: 1540-8140.

Crawley SW, Weck ML, Grega-Larson NE, Shifrin DA, Tyska MJ. ANKS4B Is Essential for Intermicrovillar Adhesion Complex Formation. Dev. Cell. 2016 Jan 1/25/2016; 36(2): 190-200. PMID: 26812018, PMCID: PMC4730382, PII: S1534-5807(15)00831-X, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.12.022, ISSN: 1878-1551.

Taneja N, Fenix AM, Rathbun L, Millis BA, Tyska MJ, Hehnly H, Burnette DT. Focal adhesions control cleavage furrow shape and spindle tilt during mitosis. Sci Rep. 2016; 6: 29846. PMID: 27432211, PII: srep29846, DOI: 10.1038/srep29846, ISSN: 2045-2322.

Tyska MJ. Brush Border Destruction by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC): New Insights From Organoid Culture [editorial]. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Jan; 2(1): 7-8. PMID: 28174702, PMCID: PMC4980709, PII: S2352-345X(15)00176-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2015.11.002.

Grega-Larson NE, Crawley SW, Erwin AL, Tyska MJ. Cordon bleu promotes the assembly of brush border microvilli. Mol. Biol. Cell [print-electronic]. 2015 Nov 11/1/2015; 26(21): 3803-15. PMID: 26354418, PMCID: PMC4626065, PII: mbc.E15-06-0443, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E15-06-0443, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Crawley SW, Mooseker MS, Tyska MJ. Shaping the intestinal brush border. J. Cell Biol. 2014 Nov 11/24/2014; 207(4): 441-51. PMID: 25422372, PMCID: PMC4242837, PII: jcb.201407015, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201407015, ISSN: 1540-8140.

Gérard A, Patino-Lopez G, Beemiller P, Nambiar R, Ben-Aissa K, Liu Y, Totah FJ, Tyska MJ, Shaw S, Krummel MF. Detection of rare antigen-presenting cells through T cell-intrinsic meandering motility, mediated by Myo1g. Cell. 2014 Jul 7/31/2014; 158(3): 492-505. PMID: 25083865, PMCID: PMC4119593, PII: S0092-8674(14)00802-2, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.05.044, ISSN: 1097-4172.

Knowles BC, Tyska MJ, Goldenring JR. Apical vesicle trafficking takes center stage in neonatal enteropathies [editorial]. Gastroenterology. 2014 Jul; 147(1): 15-7. PMID: 24954664, PII: S0016-5085(14)00676-3, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.05.028, ISSN: 1528-0012.

Knowles BC, Roland JT, Krishnan M, Tyska MJ, Lapierre LA, Dickman PS, Goldenring JR, Shub MD. Myosin Vb uncoupling from RAB8A and RAB11A elicits microvillus inclusion disease. J. Clin. Invest [print-electronic]. 2014 Jul; 124(7): 2947-62. PMID: 24892806, PMCID: PMC4071383, PII: 71651, DOI: 10.1172/JCI71651, ISSN: 1558-8238.

Shifrin DA, Crawley SW, Grega-Larson NE, Tyska MJ. Dynamics of brush border remodeling induced by enteropathogenic E. coli. Gut Microbes [print-electronic]. 2014 Jul 7/1/2014; 5(4): 504-16. PMID: 25076126, PII: 32084, DOI: 10.4161/gmic.32084, ISSN: 1949-0984.

Crawley SW, Shifrin DA, Grega-Larson NE, McConnell RE, Benesh AE, Mao S, Zheng Y, Zheng QY, Nam KT, Millis BA, Kachar B, Tyska MJ. Intestinal brush border assembly driven by protocadherin-based intermicrovillar adhesion. Cell. 2014 Apr 4/10/2014; 157(2): 433-46. PMID: 24725409, PMCID: PMC3992856, PII: S0092-8674(14)00215-3, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.01.067, ISSN: 1097-4172.

Mazerik JN, Kraft LJ, Kenworthy AK, Tyska MJ. Motor and tail homology 1 (Th1) domains antagonistically control myosin-1 dynamics. Biophys. J. 2014 Feb 2/4/2014; 106(3): 649-58. PMID: 24507605, PMCID: PMC3944834, PII: S0006-3495(14)00012-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.12.038, ISSN: 1542-0086.

Hoshino D, Kirkbride KC, Costello K, Clark ES, Sinha S, Grega-Larson N, Tyska MJ, Weaver AM. Exosome secretion is enhanced by invadopodia and drives invasive behavior. Cell Rep [print-electronic]. 2013 Dec 12/12/2013; 5(5): 1159-68. PMID: 24290760, PMCID: PMC3873329, PII: S2211-1247(13)00652-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.10.050, ISSN: 2211-1247.

Shifrin DA, Demory Beckler M, Coffey RJ, Tyska MJ. Extracellular vesicles: communication, coercion, and conditioning. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2013 May; 24(9): 1253-9. PMID: 23630232, PMCID: PMC3639038, PII: 24/9/1253, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E12-08-0572, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Pyrpassopoulos S, Feeser EA, Mazerik JN, Tyska MJ, Ostap EM. Membrane-bound myo1c powers asymmetric motility of actin filaments. Curr. Biol [print-electronic]. 2012 Sep 9/25/2012; 22(18): 1688-92. PMID: 22863317, PMCID: PMC3461085, PII: S0960-9822(12)00745-2, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.069, ISSN: 1879-0445.

Shifrin DA, Tyska MJ. Ready…aim…fire into the lumen: a new role for enterocyte microvilli in gut host defense. Gut Microbes [print-electronic]. 2012 Sep; 3(5): 460-2. PMID: 22825496, PMCID: PMC3466500, PII: 21247, DOI: 10.4161/gmic.21247, ISSN: 1949-0984.

Mazerik JN, Tyska MJ. Myosin-1A targets to microvilli using multiple membrane binding motifs in the tail homology 1 (TH1) domain. J. Biol. Chem [print-electronic]. 2012 Apr 4/13/2012; 287(16): 13104-15. PMID: 22367206, PMCID: PMC3339983, PII: M111.336313, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.336313, ISSN: 1083-351X.

Shifrin DA, McConnell RE, Nambiar R, Higginbotham JN, Coffey RJ, Tyska MJ. Enterocyte microvillus-derived vesicles detoxify bacterial products and regulate epithelial-microbial interactions. Curr. Biol [print-electronic]. 2012 Apr 4/10/2012; 22(7): 627-31. PMID: 22386311, PMCID: PMC3326206, PII: S0960-9822(12)00171-6, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.022, ISSN: 1879-0445.

Benesh AE, Fleming JT, Chiang C, Carter BD, Tyska MJ. Expression and localization of myosin-1d in the developing nervous system. Brain Res [print-electronic]. 2012 Feb 2/27/2012; 1440: 9-22. PMID: 22284616, PMCID: PMC3278530, PII: S0006-8993(11)02323-7, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.12.054, ISSN: 1872-6240.

Liu Y, Belkina NV, Park C, Nambiar R, Loughhead SM, Patino-Lopez G, Ben-Aissa K, Hao JJ, Kruhlak MJ, Qi H, von Andrian UH, Kehrl JH, Tyska MJ, Shaw S. Constitutively active ezrin increases membrane tension, slows migration, and impedes endothelial transmigration of lymphocytes in vivo in mice. Blood [print-electronic]. 2012 Jan 1/12/2012; 119(2): 445-53. PMID: 22106344, PMCID: PMC3257010, PII: blood-2011-07-368860, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-07-368860, ISSN: 1528-0020.

Pyburn TM, Bensing BA, Xiong YQ, Melancon BJ, Tomasiak TM, Ward NJ, Yankovskaya V, Oliver KM, Cecchini G, Sulikowski GA, Tyska MJ, Sullam PM, Iverson TM. A structural model for binding of the serine-rich repeat adhesin GspB to host carbohydrate receptors. PLoS Pathog [print-electronic]. 2011 Jul; 7(7): e1002112. PMID: 21765814, PMCID: PMC3131266, PII: PPATHOGENS-D-11-00123, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002112, ISSN: 1553-7374.

Higginbotham JN, Demory Beckler M, Gephart JD, Franklin JL, Bogatcheva G, Kremers GJ, Piston DW, Ayers GD, McConnell RE, Tyska MJ, Coffey RJ. Amphiregulin exosomes increase cancer cell invasion. Curr. Biol [print-electronic]. 2011 May 5/10/2011; 21(9): 779-86. PMID: 21514161, PMCID: PMC3417320, PII: S0960-9822(11)00347-2, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.043, ISSN: 1879-0445.

McConnell RE, Benesh AE, Mao S, Tabb DL, Tyska MJ. Proteomic analysis of the enterocyte brush border. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol [print-electronic]. 2011 May; 300(5): G914-26. PMID: 21330445, PMCID: PMC3094140, PII: ajpgi.00005.2011, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00005.2011, ISSN: 1522-1547.

McConnell RE, Tyska MJ. Leveraging the membrane - cytoskeleton interface with myosin-1. Trends Cell Biol [print-electronic]. 2010 Jul; 20(7): 418-26. PMID: 20471271, PMCID: PMC2897960, PII: S0962-8924(10)00077-2, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.04.004, ISSN: 1879-3088.

Nambiar R, McConnell RE, Tyska MJ. Myosin motor function: the ins and outs of actin-based membrane protrusions. Cell. Mol. Life Sci [print-electronic]. 2010 Apr; 67(8): 1239-54. PMID: 20107861, PMCID: PMC3095969, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0254-5, ISSN: 1420-9071.

Benesh AE, Nambiar R, McConnell RE, Mao S, Tabb DL, Tyska MJ. Differential localization and dynamics of class I myosins in the enterocyte microvillus. Mol. Biol. Cell [print-electronic]. 2010 Mar 3/15/2010; 21(6): 970-8. PMID: 20089841, PMCID: PMC2836977, PII: E09-07-0638, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E09-07-0638, ISSN: 1939-4586.

Tyska MJ, Nambiar R. Myosin-1a: A motor for microvillar membrane movement and mechanics. Commun Integr Biol. 2010 Jan; 3(1): 64-6. PMID: 20539787, PMCID: PMC2881245, ISSN: 1942-0889.

Nambiar R, McConnell RE, Tyska MJ. Control of cell membrane tension by myosin-I. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A [print-electronic]. 2009 Jul 7/21/2009; 106(29): 11972-7. PMID: 19574460, PMCID: PMC2715533, PII: 0901641106, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901641106, ISSN: 1091-6490.

McConnell RE, Higginbotham JN, Shifrin DA, Tabb DL, Coffey RJ, Tyska MJ. The enterocyte microvillus is a vesicle-generating organelle. J. Cell Biol. 2009 Jun 6/29/2009; 185(7): 1285-98. PMID: 19564407, PMCID: PMC2712962, PII: jcb.200902147, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200902147, ISSN: 1540-8140.

Wang J, Qin R, Ma Y, Wu H, Peters H, Tyska M, Shaheen NJ, Chen X. Differential gene expression in normal esophagus and Barrett's esophagus. J. Gastroenterol [print-electronic]. 2009; 44(9): 897-911. PMID: 19468668, PMCID: PMC3811010, DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0082-2, ISSN: 1435-5922.

Yengo CM, Ananthanarayanan SK, Brosey CA, Mao S, Tyska MJ. Human deafness mutation E385D disrupts the mechanochemical coupling and subcellular targeting of myosin-1a [letter]. Biophys. J [print-electronic]. 2008 Jan 1/15/2008; 94(2): L5-7. PMID: 17981900, PMCID: PMC2157235, PII: S0006-3495(08)70708-2, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122689, ISSN: 1542-0086.

McConnell RE, Tyska MJ. Myosin-1a powers the sliding of apical membrane along microvillar actin bundles. J. Cell Biol [print-electronic]. 2007 May 5/21/2007; 177(4): 671-81. PMID: 17502425, PMCID: PMC2064212, PII: jcb.200701144, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200701144, ISSN: 0021-9525.

O'Connell CB, Tyska MJ, Mooseker MS. Myosin at work: motor adaptations for a variety of cellular functions. Biochim. Biophys. Acta [print-electronic]. 2007 May; 1773(5): 615-30. PMID: 16904206, PII: S0167-4889(06)00153-4, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.06.012, ISSN: 0006-3002.

Tyska MJ, Mackey AT, Huang JD, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Mooseker MS. Myosin-1a is critical for normal brush border structure and composition. Mol. Biol. Cell [print-electronic]. 2005 May; 16(5): 2443-57. PMID: 15758024, PMCID: PMC1087248, PII: E04-12-1116, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-12-1116, ISSN: 1059-1524.

Tyska MJ, Mooseker MS. A role for myosin-1A in the localization of a brush border disaccharidase. J. Cell Biol. 2004 May 5/10/2004; 165(3): 395-405. PMID: 15138292, PMCID: PMC2172191, PII: jcb.200310031, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200310031, ISSN: 0021-9525.

Tyska MJ, Mooseker MS. Myosin-V motility: these levers were made for walking. Trends Cell Biol. 2003 Sep; 13(9): 447-51. PMID: 12946621, PII: S0962892403001727, ISSN: 0962-8924.

Post PL, Tyska MJ, O'Connell CB, Johung K, Hayward A, Mooseker MS. Myosin-IXb is a single-headed and processive motor. J. Biol. Chem [print-electronic]. 2002 Apr 4/5/2002; 277(14): 11679-83. PMID: 11801597, PII: M111173200, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111173200, ISSN: 0021-9258.

Tyska MJ, Mooseker MS. MYO1A (brush border myosin I) dynamics in the brush border of LLC-PK1-CL4 cells. Biophys. J. 2002 Apr; 82(4): 1869-83. PMID: 11916846, PMCID: PMC1301984, PII: S0006-3495(02)75537-9, DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75537-9, ISSN: 0006-3495.

Tyska MJ, Warshaw DM. The myosin power stroke. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton. 2002 Jan; 51(1): 1-15. PMID: 11810692, PII: 10.1002/cm.10014, DOI: 10.1002/cm.10014, ISSN: 0886-1544.

Reck-Peterson SL, Tyska MJ, Novick PJ, Mooseker MS. The yeast class V myosins, Myo2p and Myo4p, are nonprocessive actin-based motors. J. Cell Biol. 2001 May 5/28/2001; 153(5): 1121-6. PMID: 11381095, PMCID: PMC2174330, ISSN: 0021-9525.

Warshaw DM, Guilford WH, Freyzon Y, Krementsova E, Palmiter KA, Tyska MJ, Baker JE, Trybus KM. The light chain binding domain of expressed smooth muscle heavy meromyosin acts as a mechanical lever. J. Biol. Chem. 2000 Nov 11/24/2000; 275(47): 37167-72. PMID: 10945998, PII: M006438200, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M006438200, ISSN: 0021-9258.

Yamashita H, Tyska MJ, Warshaw DM, Lowey S, Trybus KM. Functional consequences of mutations in the smooth muscle myosin heavy chain at sites implicated in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J. Biol. Chem. 2000 Sep 9/8/2000; 275(36): 28045-52. PMID: 10882745, PII: M005485200, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M005485200, ISSN: 0021-9258.

Tyska MJ, Hayes E, Giewat M, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Warshaw DM. Single-molecule mechanics of R403Q cardiac myosin isolated from the mouse model of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circ. Res. 2000 Apr 4/14/2000; 86(7): 737-44. PMID: 10764406, ISSN: 1524-4571.

Palmiter KA, Tyska MJ, Haeberle JR, Alpert NR, Fananapazir L, Warshaw DM. R403Q and L908V mutant beta-cardiac myosin from patients with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy exhibit enhanced mechanical performance at the single molecule level. J. Muscle Res. Cell. Motil. 2000; 21(7): 609-20. PMID: 11227787, ISSN: 0142-4319.

Palmiter KA, Tyska MJ, Dupuis DE, Alpert NR, Warshaw DM. Kinetic differences at the single molecule level account for the functional diversity of rabbit cardiac myosin isoforms. J. Physiol. (Lond.). 1999 Sep 9/15/1999; 519 Pt 3: 669-78. PMID: 10457082, PMCID: PMC2269540, PII: PHY_9413, ISSN: 0022-3751.

Tyska MJ, Dupuis DE, Guilford WH, Patlak JB, Waller GS, Trybus KM, Warshaw DM, Lowey S. Two heads of myosin are better than one for generating force and motion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1999 Apr 4/13/1999; 96(8): 4402-7. PMID: 10200274, PMCID: PMC16344, ISSN: 0027-8424.

Lauzon AM, Tyska MJ, Rovner AS, Freyzon Y, Warshaw DM, Trybus KM. A 7-amino-acid insert in the heavy chain nucleotide binding loop alters the kinetics of smooth muscle myosin in the laser trap. J. Muscle Res. Cell. Motil. 1998 Nov; 19(8): 825-37. PMID: 10047983, ISSN: 0142-4319.

Available Postdoctoral Position Details
Posted: 1/14/2015

Postdoctoral positions are available to investigate the function of the actin cytoskeleton and actin-based motor proteins using state-of-the-art cell biological and biophysical approaches. Interested candidates should email a copy of their C.V. and the names of three references to Dr. Tyska.